Many businesses are oversharing sensitive files and documents

The pandemic has given rise to an eruption of document sharing, putting many organizations at serious risk of data leaks and breaches. According to a new report from AI firm Concentric, in the first quarter of the year, the number of overshared files rose 450 percent, compared to the same quarter in 2020. Concentric pulled the data from one of …

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Remote workers risk GDPR fines by printing confidential documents at home

Remote working is adding another layer of complexity for companies looking to stay compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to a new report from confidential shredding company GoShred, a fifth of remote workers in the UK have been printing out sensitive documents at home, averaging five documents per week. These documents include payroll data, addresses, medical information, …

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Intel investigating leak of 20GB worth of internal documents

Chip manufacturer Intel is investigating a serious data leak after 20GB of internal documents were made public online, some of which are marked as confidential. The leaked dataset is said to contain intellectual property relating to various Intel chipsets and could also reveal backdoors that could be used in future attacks. The data was uploaded to file-sharing service MEGA by …

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